THE UNBEATEN Wilmslow Wolves passed a test against Aspull with flying colours.

The team from the Wigan rugby league heartland were lying third in the table and were expected to provide a severe examination of the Wolves credentials.

Wilmslow quickly got into their stride and, after an Aspull forward offended at the ruck, Bob MacCallum calmly took the opportunity to open his account, barely two minutes in and without the visitors touching the ball.

This was followed by a convincing forward drive, which ended with Charlie Levings touching down.

Two further MacCullum penalties followed before an excellent move saw Ben Day bustle through the remaining defence for his first try of the afternoon.

On the half-hour, the bemused Aspull team were 23 points adrift, despite not having played badly.

The game then took a turn in their favour as they won possession in the Wolves half.

A missed clearing kick was collected by the Aspull left winger, David Brown, who scampered infield to release winger Mark Kellett for a smart opportunistic try.

Stand-in Wilmslow hooker, Andy Vassell was then sin-binned for questioning the visiting touch judge’s impartiality and the Wolves were forced onto the back foot for the remaining few minutes of the first half.

A fourth Wilmslow penalty started the second half, before Day, looking classier and classier as the game went on, was unstoppable as he strode away for his second try.

Skipper Steve Braddock ran in for the next before Day rounded matters off with another powerful run for his third try.

Director of rugby Darren Lucas rang the changes to give the Wolves’ bench a chance.

Dan Partington came on in the back row and was soon in the thick of things.

The only blots for Wilmslow were a nasty kick on the ankle for influential prop Matt Filipo, which saw him hobble off painfully and an unfortunate red card for Vassell. His attempted tackle late on was fair and without malice and Vassell can consider himself unlucky to have been dismissed.

Aspull have already offered their support at Vassell’s inevitable disciplinary hearing.

Next week the Wolves travel to Isle of Man to face Vagabonds.

Lucas may to shuffle his front row resources but for now he can look back on this performance with a contented smile.